Bedtime Battle Update

Well I am happy to report things are a bit better so far with bedtime (we will see if i curse myself) After some googling and talking to friends we started the super nanny technigue of putting her right back in bed everytime she got out and not looking at or talking to her while we do it. The first night was AWFUL, same night as my previous post, it ended up taking 3 hours!!! till she went to sleep....last night it took less than an hour and today for her nap she really didn't put up a fight at all. The other change we made was put the cd player back in her room and put on the "Isabelle Lullaby music" that we got as a baby gift. It puts her name in a lot of the songs adn also has twinkle twinkle which is one of her favorites. It runs about 20-25 mins. Last night after it stopped she got out of bed, i put her back in and she asked for me to turn it on again, which I did. So I think she lieks the music...she is a big fan of "my songs" as she call it, any toddler music.

The new problem we ahve is now she wakes up too early and gets out of bed. This morning for the first time she was up at 5:30 and actually came all the way down into our bed..which she hasn't done before. DH put her in bed with us b/c he was too lazy to take her back to her bed...which he/I should have done and didn't oh well.

So my debate, do i get a toddler handle for her door so she can't get out or do i just deal with the life fact that she can get out of her bed and come downstairs on her own?

Also I am hoping that we have made some strides in teh potty deparment last couple days. She has been in underwear even at naps and kept them dry (one bonus of her potty stall before sleeping) We still have pooping issues, yesterday she pooped in her underwear.....which was so gross, i have gone to just throwing them away, they are not that expensive. But today she has tried two different times to poop on potty and actually sat there for quite a while trying, she didn't go but at least it is a step in teh right direction.

I am feeling much more postive and much less frustrated. Thank you to those that commented on my previous post. This too shall pass and before I know it she will be 16 and telling me she hates me !

Bedtime Battles

I have never been more frustrated as a parent as I have the last couple of days. (Not even when Iz was colicky the first few months of her life) I have no idea what happened to my sweet, easy going, good at going to bed toddler but she is gone and I WANT HER BACK!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I knew that i never should have posted about her toddler bed transition because it most certainly has bitten me in the butt.

The last several days of nap and bedtime have been sheer torture. My child will scream, kick and carry on until her little body finally gives in. I am at my witts end! She is so irrational! We haven't changed anything! Her bedtime routine is the same. I don't get it! Now she will say she has to go potty about 3 times before bed. We rock her like always and then she needs another rock, then the real battle begins. Trying to get her to stay in her bed/room. The only way I have found is if I sit in the her room on the floor till she falls asleep. Depending on how long the battle has gone on depends on how long this will take. I just sat up there for over a half hour and she never fell asleep. She has NEVER done this before. What the HECK is goign on and how do I fix it??!!!!

Please I NEED HELP!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Friday Random Thoughts

I have missed my random mind dump of everything going on in my head. Last night when i couldn't sleep i thought of a bunch i wanted to blog about, this morning.......i am drawing a bit of a blank....i am just going to start and see what happens

---I can't believe next week is thanksgiving! Where did November go? I feel like time is going by so fast. We do thanksgiving at our house every year for two reasons 1.-it is fun to cook a fancy dinner once in a while, 2.-that way we don't have to pick my parents versus dh's parents since they both come to us. I think we have the menu about figured otu and along with what everyone else is bringing....now we just have to go shopping and clean the house (my least favorite part) I really wish we had a cleaning lady!

---Our family cruise is fast approaching.......we leave 3 weeks from today!!! I am trying to figure out why i am not more excited....i mean a 8 night cruise to the bahamas what is my problem??? I think i am starting to stress about how iz will handle it...even though everytime we travel I always worry and she more than exceeds my expectation. I already have her dramamine dose figured out just in case since she gets car sick occasionally and the last thing I want is for her to be ill the whole time. I am stressed about packing, and I am stressed about dealing with my family for that long.(i know that sounds terrible) I can't really stand my "sister" she is a selfish, whoa is me type of person that i have no patience for...and our rooms are right next store to each other and my parents will be across teh hall.....while this arrangement might work out for babysitting, i am hoping it doesn't make me crazy. I am hoping since there is such a variety of things to do we really won't see much of each other until dinner...i dont' knwo why i am not letting myself get excited, i should be excited..but instead i am nervous and stressed......

---I am still shocked at the transition to Izzy's toddler bed and how relatively easy it was......she does get out of bed after we put her to bed and turns on/off her humidifier and her night light but she never leaves her room, and always goes back in bed to go to sleep. In the morning she just hangs out till one of us comes to get her...she has yet to open her door and come downstairs like i thought for sure she would....i wonder what will happen when we go from the toddler bed to the twin....part of me is anxious so we can redocorate her room, we already have her twin bedding, we got it from my neice who out grew it and it is pottery barn teen, but super fun bright colors...but i don't want to rush it since she is doign so well right now.....maybe for her 3rd bday....

---I have a confesion to make, we still have not taken away Iz's binky.....she still naps and sleeps with it..........i know we should take it away but i am being a wimp about it......and now my latest excuse is i am waiting till after the cruise.......i am sure she will survive and I am sure she will throw a fit the first couple nights and then be fine...but i haven't done it because i don't want to deal with the tantrums and I am secretly hoping that one day she will just decide she is done with it.....even though this has yet to happen......

---We are still struggling with Izzy and her pooping issue. I feel like we have gone backwards in potty training. I have been putting her in pull ups even during the day just in case she has to poop. She still pees on the potty but she won't poop on the potty and is still fearful of pooping even in her pull up..she still has the fear that it hurts even though we have her on mirlax so her stools are soft and don't hurt (that is when i can get her to drink enough to take the full dose of miralax) It is so frustrating, i want to put her in underwear but i also don't wnat to make her fear of pooping worse! the pediatrician said it was fine she was in pull ups and it make take a few months for her to get over her fear...........urgh!!! That does not make me feel better! I wish there was somethign else i could do to help her with this.

---I have date night with my hubby tomorrow night and am wonder what to do. I really want to see New Moon and I am goign to see it next week with my girlfriends, but am anxious to see it sooner..DH hates going to movies and hasn't read teh books so i feel a little bad suggesting we do that but we will see.

Well i think that is enough, i have one more but will save it for a seperate post i think.

Update-All Good News!

Good news. My mom has gotten her car back. The investigation is closed. She nor the guy were issued tickets. The man's conidition has improved to "guarded"..not sure exactly what that means but to me it means better that critical.

Lets hope the man continues to improve. My mom needs to get her car fixed, a fair amount of damage to the hood and grill, but will probably wait until we leave for our up coming vacation in a couple weeks.

My wonderful husband is home! He greeted me with homemade from scratch chicken and dumplings that were AMAZING (bad for me but who cares!) He also has already arranged for a sitter on Saturday, Iz is headed to grandma and grandpa's for the night. I love this man!

Been a while

Oh how i have missed my blogging. It has been a crazy couple of weeks. Two weeks ago I was in Baltimore for work for 3 days, last week was an INSANELY busy week at work, I worked Mon-Thurs and took a much needed Friday off.

DH left for hunting Sat morning. Izzy and I had no plans for the weekend but it ended up being an AWESOME weather weekend and we spent tons of time outside with our neighbors. Lots of walking and playing out side.

Then came Sunday night....my mom was in a car accident, she hit a pedistrian who was standing in the middle of a center lane dressed in all black in the pitch dark, no where near a traffic light or crosswalk. Of course my dad would be out of town, and dh is also out of town so Iz and I rushed over to my mom's house after the police took her home and spent the night with her. She is doing suprisingly well considering, much better than I would be...and part of me thinks it hasn't hit her yet and she has blocked it out. We don't know a lot yet other than the guy she hit was in critical condition as of yesterday and the officer told my mom they thought he would recover...but we will see. She should hear more later this afternoon. They still have her car, they took it for more accident investigation photos etc and hopefully will be giving it back to her late today. What a mess! My brother is a cop in florida and was been very helpful. He is pretty confident that my mom will not be found at fault. I hope he is right. Who knows if the victum will sue my mom in a civil suit but i guess that is why she has insurance.

All i know is I will be a very happy women in few hours when my dh is back at home to give me a hug. If you are the praying type please same some prayers for the victim and for my mom.

If you know me in real life please do not say ANYTHING about this. My mom really wants to keep it in the family..understandably.

Thank you.

Wordless Wednesday-Little Friends

Izzy and her neighborhood friends snuggled together watching Little Bear

Big Girl Bed

Well we finally did it. Yesterday we converted Izzy's crib to a toddler bed. I don't want to jiinx myself but so far so good.

We decided to do it because earlier in the week when Izzy was having a huge post bath meltdown complete with kicking, and refusing to get her teeth brushed, I told her she was going to bed with no stories, and put her in her bed while she was screaming in protest. I tried laying her down and of course she just popped right back up, screaming all the while. So I said good night and turned around and walked out and shut the door.......no sooner had i shut the door was a little hand opening it on the other side...yep flew out of her crib in a rage ...so we quickly realized, i guess she can get out if she wants. She didn't climb out at all the rest of the week but we figured with our up coming cruise, where she will be sleeping in a pull out couch...that we should try the transition and see what happens.

She was very excited to help daddy put it together and was pretty proud when it was done. We then played outside after lunch and by the time it was nap time she really was very tired. So DH took her upstairs, and put her in bed and to both of our suprise she stayed there. And fell asleep for 2 hours. Woke up and didn't get out until i went up to her room to get her. Same thing last night and this morning. I am SHOCKED. The only issue was her covers (her blanket grandma made) must have fallen out of her bed last night because she told DH this morning that it had been on the floor (although this morning it was in bed with ehr so sometime last night she must have gotten up to get it.) So this morning we put a different blanket on her bed that i could tuck in so it won't fall off.

Is it too good to be true or will she continue to be so good. We will see. I just put her up for a nap and she went in laid down and that was that...............

I am so proud of her!!! I am also a bit sad, she is officially not in a crib and not a baby......and knowing that she will most likely be our only baby, I am sad. I was organzing the basement storage area looking at all the ridiculous amount of baby gear with a sad heart...we won't be using it again. The time just went by too fast. I wish i could slow it down!

A very Happy Halloween!

We had a wonderful halloween this year. It was SOOO cute to see Izzy so excited about the whole thing. First thing she said after her nap.."I go trick or treat now!" She loved it. Our friends came over with their 2 boys, we had some chili for the grown ups and some mac n cheese for the kids before trick or treating. Daddy took izzy and our friends and went trick or treating and i stayed back to hand out candy (next year i think nana and grandpa will come over2 hand out candy so i don't miss the fun of trick or treating) Izzy liked the trick or treating until some of the houses were too scary and then apparently she was all done and wanted to come home, but she still had fun.

Here are some pictures of our afternoon and night, the night pictures are first and then the afternoon before. My favorite is where Izzy is pouting because it wasn't time to go trick or treating yet.